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Splendid performances from Philip Seymour Hoffman, Christopher Walken and Catherine Keener meld with the timeless emotional verities of late Beethoven in this mature, satisfying saga about a venerable string ensemble. Walken, a NY music school professor and eminence grise of... Read More
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Professor Hugh Campbell of the UCD School of Architecture will give a presentation on the ‘intimate metropolis’ in the films of Almodóvar.
With a focus on All About My Mother, this talk looks at how characters’ private and public selves... Read More
Described upon its release by New York Times critic Janet Maslin as Almodóvar’s “crossover moment”, this deservedly won both the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, as well as the award for Best Director at Cannes. Refining his overall approach,... Read More
Join us for FREE screenings of films from the IFI Irish Film Archive (see calendar for dates and times). Simply collect your tickets at the IFI Box Office.
EURO-PAEANS: CELEBRATING IRELAND AND EUROPE IN FILM (PART 2) To celebrate Ireland’s... Read More
The first Spanish film ever chosen to open the Cannes Film Festival, Bad Education marked the return of Almodóvar to the darker tone of his late-1980s output with this noir-inflected tale of sexual abuse by Catholic priests, transsexuality, and murder.
At the core of Broken Embraces is a story about filmmaking, and, specifically, the devastating consequences of a badly-made film. Built around a number of interconnected sub-plots, the film uses a series of flashbacks – a device that frequently recurs... Read More
GALA CLOSING PREMIERE
The IFI will welcome special guests to this screening which will be followed by a Q&A with Neil Jordan, hosted by Sean Rocks and a wine reception.
The IFI is delighted to present the Irish premiere of... Read More
One of the year’s most compelling, disquieting, and polarising films, Compliance is a dark study of our natural tendency to obey authority, and the lengths to which the individual will go in order to please those in power.
Stressed Sandra... Read More
Despite less than successful recent works, Brian de Palma augmented his Carrie success when he made this Angie Dickenson thriller, with multiple nods to Hitchcock. Playing a bored New Yorker, Dickenson has a passionate encounter with a gruesome outcome that... Read More
Spike Lee’s colourful portrayal of fervid conditions that reach melting point one sweltering summer’s day around Sal’s Famous Pizzeria in Brooklyn is this month’s hot ticket for Feast Your Eyes. Lee plays likeable but laid-back Mookie, who delivers pizzas for... Read More
The film will be introduced by Philippe Milloux, Director of the Alliance Française.
To mark the occasion of the 14th Franco-Irish Literary Festival (April 19th – 21st), the IFI, in partnership with the Alliance Française and the French Embassy, is... Read More
Those who attended the Surprise Film at last October’s IFI Horrorthon festival will remember the incredible trailer for The ABCs of Death; now, in association with Eureka Entertainment, we’re delighted to present an exclusive preview of the film.
Twenty-six directors... Read More
We are delighted to welcome Terri Hooley to the IFI for a Q&A with Paul Byrne following the 20.40 screening on Saturday, April 13th as part of Spotlight: New Irish Film at the IFI.
Beset by sectarian conflict, Belfast in the late... Read More
When initially shown on the festival circuit, Korine’s directorial debut was greeted with outrage and walkouts, derided and despised by audiences and critics alike; yet it also inspired Gus Van Sant to announce, “Gummo has changed my life”, Bernardo Bertolucci... Read More
Narrative failure, box-office flop or cult revisionist Western? This is the film that almost bankrupted United Artists and damaged Michael Cimino’s prospects for some years to come. Stories abound of the director’s obsessive perfectionism which led to the film running... Read More
Something of a departure for the director, this mother-daughter melodrama saw him taking a more straightforward approach to his material than before. When first we meet television newscaster Rebeca (Victoria Abril), she is in Madrid airport awaiting the return of... Read More
We are delighted to host a preview of Pedro Almodóvar’s new film I’m So Excited followed by a satellite Q&A with the director on April 23rd at 18.30. I’m So Excited opens at the IFI on May 3rd.
When it... Read More
FLUXFILM PART 1 (1963–1970)
The IFI and Experimental Film Club present a rare 16mm screening of Fluxus films with accompanying live score.
This anthology of short films (ranging from 28 seconds to 10 minutes in length), were often shown looped... Read More
French animator Michel Ocelot is best known for Kirikou and the Sorceress. His 2D animations of silhouette drawings recall the work of Lotte Reiniger, and are much admired for their simplicity and beauty. In this film, he continues this style,... Read More
The prolific François Ozon follows his social satire Potiche with a new confection which is even more fun while delivering thoughtful substance to match. Fabrice Luchini shines once more as an old-fashioned French tutor in a trendy high school, who... Read More
Ireland on Sunday is our monthly showcase for new Irish film.
Producer Dave Farrell will participate in a post-screening Q&A.
Keith and Dave Farrell’s docudrama A Terrible Beauty centres on two linked events during the Irish Rebellion of 1916: the... Read More
Interested in Irish film? Thinking of pursuing a career in the film industry? This is a great opportunity to meet Irish filmmakers, hear them talk about their work and the various paths they followed to make a career in this... Read More
The first American film made in accordance with the rules of Dogme 95, Julien Donkey-boy is Korine’s typically idiosyncratic take on the dysfunctional-family drama. Untreated schizophrenic Julien (Ewen Bremner) lives with his pregnant sister Pearl (Chloë Sevigny, then the director’s... Read More
We are delighted that this film will open the proceedings for the final weekend of Spotlight: New Irish Film at the IFI with a Gala Screening on April 26th (18.30) and a Q&A with Walsh and cast member Charlene McKenna, followed by a... Read More
We are delighted that this film will open the proceedings for the final weekend of Spotlight: New Irish Film at the IFI with a Gala Screening on April 26th (18.30) and a Q&A with Walsh and cast member Charlene McKenna, hosted by... Read More
Mark O’Connor and cast members will attend a preview screening on April 18th (18.30) and take part in a Q&A as part of Spotlight: New Irish Film at the IFI.
Dublin writer-director Mark O’Connor follows up his promising feature debut (gangland... Read More
Divorce has separated twelve-year-old Koichi from his younger brother Ryunosuke. Living in two different towns, Koichi’s only wish is for his family to be reunited. When he learns that a new bullet train line will soon open, linking the two... Read More
Almodóvar’s second feature is a wild screwball comedy set in the liberated atmosphere of early 1980s’ Madrid. Almost an experimental soap opera, it follows the love story of Sexilia (Cecilia Roth), pop star and nymphomaniac, and Riza (Imanol Arias), a... Read More
Continuing screenings of our 2012 French Film Project title, this film was a deserving winner of the Grand Prix at Cannes Film Festival 2011. From the Dardenne brothers, it is a portrait of life in their Belgian home town of... Read More
Lightening up after her Oscar-winning moral drama In A Better World, Denmark’s Susanne Bier returns with this absolute charmer, bringing a dash of laughter, a smattering of home truths and plenty of Italian sunshine.
Brassy blonde Trine Dyrholm holds centre... Read More
We are delighted to be joined by cast members Jer O’ Leary, Charlotte Bradley & Rachel Hinds at this screening (which will be followed by a wine reception).
An Irish-Dutch co-production, Milo is the debut feature by filmmaker brothers Berend... Read More
Following an eight-year absence (due in part to a disillusionment with filmmaking), Korine returned with Mister Lonely, which saw him using established actors and working with a much larger budget than before. While the film is to some extent more... Read More
Writer James Plunkett, author of this year’s Dublin: One City, One Book, Strumpet City, is best known for his depictions of Dublin’s inner city life. However, in 1971 he was invited to write more broadly about Irish society and to... Read More
Gerard Barrett and Joe Mullins will take part in a Q&A following the 18.30 screening on April 12th as part of Spotlight: New Irish Film at the IFI.
The evocatively named Pilgrim Hill – the feature debut from 24-year-old Gerard Barrett – imparts... Read More
The evocatively named Pilgrim Hill – the feature debut from 24-year-old Gerard Barrett – imparts a compassionate view of withdrawn bachelor farmer Jimmy Walsh as he is confronted with a set of crises, all of which are beyond his control.
Our understanding... Read More
Matteo Garrone’s follow-up to his organised crime epic Gomorrah tackles another defining current in Italian lives – the mesmerising fascination of their truly tacky variation on Big Brother.
Naples’ mind-boggling contrasts of grinding poverty and fake opulence set the context... Read More
The now legendary but once controversial filmmaker Oliver Stone enjoyed multiple Oscar nominations in 1986 for two films – this one and the Vietnam-set Platoon.
The setting here is El Salvador, where a military dictatorship had caused the assassination of... Read More
We are delighted to present short films in all three cinemas during the final weekend of Spotlight: New Irish Film at the IFI in collaboration with the Irish Film Board/Bord Scannán na hÉireann. The selection includes recent Sundance winner Irish Folk... Read More
Over the course of the final weekend of Spotlight: New Irish Film at the IFI, there will be two panel discussions focussing on new Irish film.
20:20 Visions: New Directions in Irish Cinema (April 27th) On the occasion of the 20th... Read More
Harmony Korine, a polarising filmmaker known for challenging convention at every opportunity, has in Spring Breakers made his most subversive film yet. What at first glance seems typical mainstream fodder – four teenage girls trying to get enough cash together... Read More
In the coherent world-view presented in Almodóvar’s films, the line between patient and hostage is blurred, providing opportunities for some deeply transgressive plot material.
In The Skin I Live In, Banderas’ dissolute surgeon conducts illicit experiments on unwitting patients, and... Read More
The Critical Take, our FREE monthly film club, will next meet on Monday, April 29th when our panel – writer and filmmaker Derek O’Connor; lecturer in Photography at DIT and Programme Chair of the BA in Photography, Ann Curran; and rock... Read More
Following his ground-breaking Eraserhead, David Lynch offered audiences a much more accessible work with this black-and-white biopic.
Adapted from a book about the original John Merrick, it centres on how this hideously disfigured man manages to negotiate a way through... Read More
The screening will be followed by a Q&A with the film’s two directors, Idit Bloch and Henriette Asseo.
Supported by the French Embassy, Holocaust Education Trust Ireland, Institut Français and the Memorial de la Shoah in Paris, the IFI is... Read More
This anthology film was conceived according to rules which, though as strict as those of Dogme 95, were much more playful (examples included “the hero must have a missing tooth” and “a stuffed animal needs to make an appearance”). Korine’s... Read More
After the success of Precious, director Lee Daniels might have been expected to capitalise on the acclaim by undertaking a similarly serious prestige project: instead, The Paperboy is a lurid slice of Southern Gothic noir with an enjoyable air of disreputability. Matthew McConaughey,... Read More
After the visceral love story that was Blue Valentine, writer-director Derek Cianfrance shows no lack of ambition in this expansive contemporary saga, engrossingly tracing the longterm ripple-effect of questionable moral decisions.
Cianfrance’s work obviously thrives on moments of heightened emotional... Read More
With The Skin I Live In, Almodóvar surpassed even his own standards, producing a film that went beyond his earlier work both in terms of elaborate plot-lines and recurring themes, particularly around issues of capture, concealment, identity, and revenge. Cast... Read More
PROGRAMMER’S PICK
A Golden Tiger at Rotterdam, a key talent-spotting festival, put this subtle yet penetrating Chilean debut on the cinephile map. Dominga Sotomayor Castillo displays keen purpose in this fusion of road movie and family drama, as the audience... Read More
As a reaction to the frustration caused by the backroom wrangling that came with Mister Lonely’s budget, Trash Humpers was Korine’s return to quick, lo-fi filmmaking, even going so far as to shoot guerrilla-style on the practically antique format of... Read More
After Bad Education‘s focus on a group of young men, Almodóvar returned his attention to an all-female ensemble cast, including regulars Penelope Cruz and the engaging Lola Dueñas (who also stars in the director’s upcoming I’m So Excited). Naturally, the... Read More
The challenge of retaining your faith in the face of everyday poverty, suffering and injustice provides a compelling core to this latest from brilliant Argentinian director Pablo Trapero. Lion’s Den and Carancho displayed his skill at fusing social issues with... Read More
Wild Strawberries is our bimonthly film club for the over 55s.
The annual Bealtaine film tour in conjunction with Access Cinemas gets a head start here at IFI with this lively and pleasing tale of a 1960s’ Aboriginal girl group.... Read More
We continue our tour of this tender story of 11-year-old Kattaka, who lives in Berlin with her father and pregnant mother. A keen speed swimmer, Kattaka is friends with neighbours, Knäcke and an older woman, Lena. One day, Kattaka learns... Read More
Almodóvar’s international breakthrough, nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown saw the director lose the rough edges of his earlier work while retaining his usual exuberant comic style and interest in... Read More
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PERFECT DAYS 13.25, 18.15
RYUICHI SAKAMOTO | OPUS 13.00, 20.40
THE DELINQUENTS 17.10
THE LAVENDER HILL MOB 15.15
THE ORIGIN OF EVIL 13.10, 18.00
THE ZONE OF INTEREST 16.00, 20.50
WILD STRAWBERRIES: THE OLD OAK 11.00
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